The Star: August 10, 2023

The Star Thursday August 10 2023
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Marist, Carlton Redcliffs meet
again in qualifying final
• By Jaime Cunningham
DEFENCE WILL be key for
Marist when they meet Carlton
Redcliffs in Saturday’s qualifying
final – a week after they last met.
Marist claimed the Rosebowl
Cup after winning the round
robin stage of the women’s Canterbury
Premier League for the
first time in the team’s history at
the weekend. They lifted the cup
with a 3-0 win over Carlton.
Marist head coach Joe Bartholomew
was “really happy” with
his team’s efforts in the round
robin.
“Winning the Rosebowl for the
first time is very exciting for the
club. I guess now we just have
one more job to do.”
It was also the third consecutive
game in which Marist’s defence
prevented any goals being
scored.
Bartholomew said goalkeeper
Olivia Dyer had a “blinder of a
game”.
Marist have produced a series
of impressive results since their
one and only loss to Avon on July
1, beating Harewood 5-0 and
thumping Hornby 9-0 before the
win against Carlton.
Bartholomew said the result
was a massive credit to the team’s
defence.
Coastal must win to keep
National League hopes alive
• By Jaime Cunningham
TROPHY: Marist claimed the Rosebowl Cup for the first time in the team’s history with a 3-0 win over Carlton Redcliffs.
Right – Marist’s Penelope Taulafo prevents Carlton Redcliffs’ Britt Wang from scoring in a penalty corner.
PHOTO: GEOFF SOPER PHOTOGRAPHY
“After the game, we looked at
the goals against us on the table,
which we topped by having the
lowest (13),” he said.
Marist were able to capitalise
on Carlton’s weaknesses better
than they did when they drew
3-3 with Carlton in June, Bartholomew
said.
However, Marist are preparing
for Carlton to come back firing.
“Obviously we don’t expect
that it’ll be the same again this
week,” Bartholomew said.
“We’ve just been building from
our big performance on Saturday
really.
“We’re focused on being better
in certain game situations at
training to apply to the game.”
COASTAL SPIRIT will look to
stomp out a series of impressive
results to end the season, starting
with a win against Nomads on
Saturday, after their promising
winning streak ended on
Saturday.
Now seven points behind the
second-placed Cashmere Technical,
Coastal need to win all four
of their remaining games to have
a chance at qualifying for the
National League.
They will be favourites to beat
Nomads, who sit seventh with
17 points. But Nomads will be
brimming with confidence after
a solid 2-1 win over Green Island
last week.
A 3-2 loss to Nelson Suburbs at
the weekend saw Coastal bumped
to fourth-place ahead of this
weekend’s round 15 clash. Coastal
were lucky to avoid a larger loss
after a red card was handed to
Roque Fuentes-Salinas in the
67th-minute.
It was Coastal’s first loss since
June, and marked the end of a
three-game winning streak for
the side. Despite an own-goal in
the 24th-minute, Nomads managed
to gain a much-needed three
points after goals to Luca MacLeod-Watt
and Lorenzo Gauci.
Struggling Selwyn United take
on Green Island on Saturday after
a 3-1 loss to Technical. Selwyn
failed to challenge Technical
in the first half, with Technical
netting three goals in the first 28
minutes.
Jamie Carrodus managed to
score for Selwyn in the second
half, but it wasn’t enough to see
Selwyn move up the standings.
Technical will need a dominant
win over Dunedin on Saturday to
keep both the Royals and Coastal
at arm’s length.
Meanwhile, Christchurch United
travel to Saxton Fields to take
on Nelson Suburbs on Sunday.
Ferrymead Bays FC showed
signs of promise against United
on Friday but lost 3-0.
Bays will be expected to win
when they host FC Twenty 11 on
Saturday.
Despite having several shots
at goal, FC were dominated by
Dunedin’s spectacular attack last
weekend and lost 7-0. Wins in
the last four rounds would see FC
avoid relegation.
A win in the qualifying final
would see Marist progress directly
to the grand final in two
weeks time, with the loser of
the qualifying final playing the
winner of Saturday’s elimination
final.
Harewood and HSOB/Burnside
will contest the elimination
final on Saturday after finishing
third and fourth respectively.
The teams last clashed on July
1, when Harewood’s Kate Atkinson
scored the only goal in a narrow
1-0 win. Their first match-up
ended in a 2-2 draw in May.
Harewood come off a 4-2
win over winless Southern who
scored their first goals since June.
HSOB/Burnside managed to
hold off a persistent Hornby side
with a 5-3 win on Saturday.
In the men’s competition, topof-the-table
HSOB/Burnside and
Carlton Redcliffs will vie for a
place in the grand final.
HSOB/Burnside claimed the
President’s Trophy after a hardfought
4-2 win over Hornby last
week. Carlton managed a 5-1
win over Marist due to a Jordan
Whittleson hat-trick.
HSOB/Burnside go into the
match with the psychological
edge, having won both encounters
with Carlton this year. They
last met on July 8 when HSOB/
Burnside managed a narrow 3-2
win.
Defending champions Marist
AIR-TIME: Christchurch United’s Cameron Lindsay leaps
through the air in his team’s 3-0 win over Ferrymead
Bays.
PHOTO: JIM WATTS PHOTOGRAPHY
will meet Harewood in the
elimination final after finishing
fourth in the round robin stages.
Marist will be hoping
third time’s a charm against
Harewood on Saturday after
being pipped by them twice this
season. Harewood go into the
clash following a 5-2 win over
Southern, while Marist suffered
their second loss in three weeks
to Carlton. Meanwhile, Hornby
and Avon will play off for fifthplace
after promising round
robin campaigns, while Southern
meet University for seventh.
Avon’s women’s side have a bye
this week, and Southern meet
Hornby for the sixth-place
playoff.
HSOB
prepare for
another
rugby final
• By Jaime Cunningham
HIGH SCHOOL Old Boys will
take on Southern in the South
Island final of under-85kg
National Club Cup on Sunday.
The Lightbears will be a
combination of players from
HSOB premier, premier
reserve and colts sides. The
match comes two weeks after
the premier side lost 31-26 to
Marist Albion in the Metro
final.
HSOB have been dominant
in the under-85kg national
knockout tournament, beating
Prebbleton convincingly 55-5
in the first round before a 37-3
win over Waihora in June.
Southern, who are based in
Mid Canterbury, progressed
to the South Island final
following comfortable wins
over Timaru Celtic (67-45) and
Kaikorai (26-6).
The winner will meet either
Auckland’s College Rifle
Bombers or the Auckland
University Squids in the
tournament quarter-final.
Kicks off is at 2pm at Bob
Deans fields (Hagley Park).